Latin Arbitration Law - Bibliography of Selected Sources

The Latin Arbitration Law bibliography includes selected books and s articles which focus on arbitration and investment in Latin America.  Given the pace of activity in the field and the publication of new material, the nature of the biblography is organic and we welcome suggestions for adding additional sources to this list.  We invite readers to submit their suggestions to us at any time at [email protected].

 

Books

Author/Editor

Title

Publisher

Year

Bowman, John P.

The Panama Convention and its Implementation Under the Federal Arbitration Act

Aspen Publishers

2002

Carbonneau, Thomas E. & Mourra, Mary H., Eds.
Latin American Investment Treaty Arbitration: The Controversies and Conflicts
Kluwer Law Int'l
2008

Diaz, Luis Miguel & Oretskin, Nancy A.

Commercial Mediation and Arbitration in the NAFTA Countries

JurisNet LLC

1999

Cremades, Bernardo, Ed.
Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements in Latin America
IBA and Kluwer Law Int'l
1999

Folsom, Ralph H. & Folsom, W. Davis

Understanding NAFTA and its Int'l Business Implications

Mathew Bender & Co.

1996

Folsom, Ralph H., Gordon, Michael, and Lopez, David

NAFTA, A Problem-Oriented Coursebook

West Group

2000

Garro, Alejandro (editor)

Commercial and Labor Arbitration in Central America

Transnational Juris Publications

1991

Garro, Alejandro (editor)

Arbitration Law and Practice in Latin America

JurisNet LLC

2001

Haderspock Gutiérrez, Brian

Ensayos de derecho arbitral

Moreno Baldivieso

2012

Hamilton, Jonathan C.; García-Bolivar, Omar E.; Otero, Hernando (editors)

Latin American Investment Protections: Comparative Perspectives on Laws, Treaties, and Disputes for Investors, States, and Counsel

Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

2012

Kinnear, Meg; Bjorklund, Andrea, and Hannaford, John F. G.

Investment Disputes under NAFTA: An Annotated Guide to NAFTA chapter 11

Kluwer Law Int'l

2006

Kleinheisterkamp, Jan

Int'l Commercial Arbitration  in Latin America: Regulation and Practice in the MERCOSUR and the Associated Countries

Oceana Publications

2005

Leathley, Christian

Int'l Dispute Resolution in Latin America: An Institutional Overview

Kluwer Law Int'l

2007

Spinillo, Alessandro; Lindsey, David; Blackaby, Nigel Eds. Int'l Arbitration in Latin America Kluwer Law Int'l 2003

Trakman, Leon  E.

Dispute Settlement Under the NAFTA

Transnational Publishers

1997

Vargas, Jorge A.

Mexican Law: A Treatise for Legal Practitioners and Int'l Investors

West Publishing Company

1998

 Weiler, Todd 

NAFTA Investment Law And Arbitration: Past Issues, Current Practice, Future Prospects 

Transnational Publishers   2004

Articles

Author/Editor

Title

Publisher

Year

Abbott, Alden F.

Latin America and Int'l Commercial Arbitration Conventions: The Quandary of Non-Ratification

17 Harv. Int'l L.J. 131

1976

Alfaro, Carlos E. and Lorenti, Pedro M.

The Growing Opposition of Argentina to ICSID Arbitral Tribunals: A Conflict Between Int'l and Domestic Law?

6 J. World Trade & Investment 417

2005

Alvarez Avila, Gabriela

Las Características del Arbitraje CIADI

2 Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, available at http://info.juridicas.unam.mx/ publica/rev/cont.htm?r=derint.

2002

Alvarez, Henri

Recent Developments in Int'l Commercial Arbitration in Latin America

7 LCIA News 4

Feb. 2002

Ballard, Megan J.

The Clash Between Local Courts and Global Economics: The Politics of Judicial Reform in Brazil

17 Berkeley J. Int'l L. 230

1999

Barbosa, Julio C.

Arbitration Law in Brazil: An Inevitable Reality

9 Sw. J. L. & Trade Am. 131

2002

Barral, Welber & Cardoso, Frederico

The New Brazilian Arbitration Act: A Firm Step Forward

5 Croat. Arb. Y.B. 81

1998

Beraudo, Jean-Paul

The Interamerican Congress on UNIDROIT Principles

8 ICC Int'l Ct. Arb. Bull.  48

May 1997

Biggs, Gonzalo

The Latin American Treatment of Int'l Arbitration and Foreign Investments and the Chile-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

19 ICSID Rev. - For. Invest. L. J. 61

2004

Bowman, John P.

The Panama Convention and its Implementation Under the Federal Arbitration Act

11 Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. 1

2000

Caminos, Hugo

The Inter-American Convention on Int'l Commercial Arbitration

3 ICSID Rev. - For. Invest. L. J. 107

1988

Cantuarias, Fernando

Seventh Annual Conference on Legal and Policy Issues in the Americas Problematic of International Arbitration in Latin America

20 Fla. J. Int'l L. 147

2008

Chaim, Alexander Levin

Note, Int'l Commercial Arbitration: Domestic Recognition and Enforcement of the Inter-American Convention on Int'l Commercial Arbitration

10 Syracuse J. Int'l L. & Com.169

1983

Chatterjee, Charles

Investment-Related Promissory Notes Are Investment under the ICSID Convention: Fedax N.V. v. The Republic of Venezuela

3 J. World Trade & Investment 147

2002

Clark, Hunter R. & Velazquez, Amanda

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: Nicaragua - A Case Study

16 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 743

2001

Coe, Jack. J., Jr

Metalcad-A Retrospective

1 NAFTA  Arb. Rep. 65

2002

Coe, Jack J., Jr. & Pearce, Clyde C.

Arbitration Under NAFTA Chapter 11: Some Pragmatic Reflections upon the First Case Filed Against Mexico

23 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 311

2000

Cook, Jeanne M.

Int'l Arbitration in the Latin American Context - A Comparative Look at Arbitration in Mexico and the United States

3 Vindobona J. Int'l Com. L. & Arb. 41

1999

Cordero Arce, Gonzalo

Anulación de laudos arbitrales en el CIADI

32 Revista chilena de derecho 219

2005

Cremades, Bernardo

Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements in Latin America: papers presented at the 1998 Vancouver IBA Conference/

IBA and Kluwer Law Int'l

1999

de Araujo, Nadia

Dispute Resolution in MERCOSUR: The Protocol of Las Leñas and the Case Law of the Brazilian Supreme Court

32 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 25

2001

de Oliveira, Pedro Alberto Costa Braga,

Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Brazil: Legal and Practical Requirements

10 Mealy's Int'l Arb Quar. L. Rev. 9

2009

Dhooge, Lucien J.

The North American Free Trade Agreement and the Environment: The Lessons of Metalclad Corporation v. United Mexican States

10 Minn. J. Global Trade 209

2001

Dodge, William S

Arbitration - NAFTA - Jurisdiction - Waiver of Right to Initiate or Continue Other Legal Proceedings - Effect of Pursuing Municipal Law Claims in Municipal Court (Waste Management, Inc. v. Mexico Decision by the NAFTA Arbitral Tribunal),

95 Am. J. Int'l L. 186

2001

Escobar, Alejandro

Bolivia Exposes Critical Ambiguity

2 Global Arb. Rev.  17

2007

Esquirol, Jorge Luis

Foreign Investment: Revision of the Andean Foreign Investment Code

29 Harv. Int'l L. J. 169

1988

Eyzaguirre Echeverría, Rafael & Siqueiros, José Luis

Arbitration in Latin American Countries, in ICCA, Arbitration in Settlement of Int'l Commercial Disputes Involving the Far East and Arbitration in Combined Transportation

Pieter Sanders ed.

1989

Eyzaguirre, Rafael

Arbitration in Latin America: The Experience of the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission

4 Int'l Tax & Bus. Law. 288

1986

Falcão, Horacio

Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: A New Chapter in Brazilian Arbitration History

8 Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. 367

1997

Frutos-Peterson, Claudia

El arbitraje de CIADI y su impacto en el arbitraje internacional latinoamericano en materia de inversión

1 Revista de Arbitragem E Mediação 155

2004

Fulkerson, Bret

Comment, A Comparison of Commercial Arbitration: The United States & Latin America

23 Hous. J. Int'l L. 537

2001

Gaillard, Emmanuel

Anti-Arbitration Trends in Latin America

239 N.Y. L. J. 1

June 5, 2008

Garro, Alejandro Miguel

El arbitraje en America Central y la Ley Modelo propuesta por la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional (UNCITRAL)

4ta Revista de la Corte Española de Arbitraje 51-80

1987; reprinted in 41 JUS 5 - 50 1990

Garro, Alejandro M.

Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals in Latin America

1 J. Int'l Arb. 293

1984

Garro, Alejandro M.

The UNCITRAL Model Law and the 1988 Spanish Arbitration Act: Models for Reform in Central America

1 Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. 201

1990

Giralt, Lic. Johannes San Miguel

Fixing a Hole Where the Rain Gets In: New Legal Framework in Cuba for Interim Measures of Protection in Support of Arbitration

25 J. Int'l Arb. 315

2008

Goldman, Marvin G.

Arbitration in Inter-American Trade Relations: Regional Market Aspects

7 Inter-Am. L. Rev. 67

1965

González de Cossío, Francisco

Mexico Before Icsid: Rebel Without a Cause?

9 J. World Trade & Investment 473

2008

Gordon, Michael Wallace

Review of Jorge A. Vargas, Mexican Law: A treatise for Legal Practitioners and Int'l Investors

32 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 361

2001

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Arbitration and Latin America: Progress and Setbacks (2004 Freshfields Lecture)

21 Arb. Int'l  127

2005

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Arbitration in Latin America: Overcoming Traditional Hostility

5 Arb. Int'l 137

1989

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Arbitration in Latin America: Overcoming Traditional Hostility (An Update)

22 Inter-Am. L. Rev. 203

 

1991

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Arbitration in Latin America: recent developments in Mexico and Colombia

4 Jahrbuch für die Praxis der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, 263-281

1990

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Argentine Law and the ICC Rules: a comment on the ECOFISA case

3 World Arb. & Mediation Rep. 100

1992

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Document Production in Int'l Arbitration: a Latin American Perspective

2006 ICC Int'l Ct. of Arb. Special Supplement 15 (ICC Publication no. 676)

2006

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

El Acuerdo sobre Arbitraje Comercial Internacional del Mercosur: un Análisis Crítico

Ano I-0 Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem 16-30

2003

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Enforceability of Awards Based on Transnational Rules under the New York, Panama, Geneva and Washington Conventions

Transnat'l Rules in Int'l Com. Arb. 89

1993

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Foreign Investment Arbitration in Latin America: The New Environment

1 Newsletter of the Int'l Arbitration Committee of the American Bar Association 14

1995

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

ICC Arbitration and Courts of Law: Practical Experiences in Latin America

Liber Amicorum Karl Böckstiegel (R. Briner, Y. Fortier, K. Berger & J. Bredow Eds.) 231

2000

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

ICC Arbitration and Developing Countries

8 ICSID Rev. - For. Invest. L. J. 116

1993

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Immunity of Arbitrators under Argentine Law in The Immunity of Arbitrators 5 (J.D. Lew ed. 1990)

Lloyds of London Press

1990

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Int'l Arbitration in Latin America

6 World Arb. & Med. Rep. 219

1995

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

 

Latin American Arbitration Culture and the ICC Arbitration System, in Conflicting Legal Cultures in Commercial Arbitration 117 (S. Frommel & B. Rider eds. 1999)

Kluwer Law Int'l

1999

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Mandatory Provisions of Law regarding Arbitration Agreements in Latin America, in Arbitration in settlement of Int'l commercial disputes involving the Far East and Arbitration in combined transportation 121

Kluwer

ICCA Congress Series No. 4

1989

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

National Report on Commercial Arbitration in Argentina in Int'l Handbook on Commercial Arbitration 1 (Pieter Sanders ed. 1999)

Kluwer, suppl. 28.

1985

1999

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Países de America Latina como Sede de Arbitrajes Internacionales

Boletin de la Corte Internacional de Arbitraje de la CCI, Suplemento Especial 47-57

1995

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Party-Appointed Arbitrators: a Latin American Perspective?

3 Revista de Arbitragem e Mediaçao, 75-79

2004

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Practices of Commercial Arbitration and Other Dispute Resolution in Argentina including Int'l Commercial Arbitration

The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, 1-35

1989

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Public Policy and Int'l Commercial Arbitration: an Argentine perspective

3 Journal of Int'l Arb. 7

1986

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Ratification by Argentina of the 1958 New York Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

6 Journal of Int'l Arb. 121

1989

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

 

Recent Trends Regarding Commercial Arbitration in Latin America, in Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements in Latin America 95 (Bernardo Cremades ed. 1999)

Springer Publishing

1999

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

Reconocimiento y Ejecución de Laudos Arbitrales en America Latina in El Arbitraje en los Conflictos Económicos Internacionales 75

Camara de Comercio de Bogota

1995

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

The Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Argentina

2 Rivista Dell'Arbitrato, 411-420

1996

Grigera Naón, Horacio A.

The Scope of the Separability of the Arbitration Agreement under Argentine Law

1 Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. 261

1990

Guajardo, Debra F.

Comment, Redefining the Expropriation of a Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico

42 S. Tex. L. Rev. 1309

2001

Hamilton, Jonathan C.

A Decade of Latin American Investment Arbitration, in Latin American Investment Treaty Arbitration: The Conflicts and Controversies 69 (Thomas E. Carbonneau, Mary H. Mourra eds. 2008)

 Kluwer Law Int'l

2008

Hamilton, Jonathan C.

Three Decades of Latin American Commercial Arbitration

30 U. PA. J. Int'l L. 1099

2009

Heaphy, Matthew

Comment, The Intricacies of Commercial Arbitration in the United States and Brazil: A Comparison of Two National Statutes,

37 U.S.F. L. Rev. 441

2003

Hoellering, Michael F.

Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Center for the Americas

13 J. Int'l Arb. 117

1996

Holtzman, Howard M.

The United States Becomes A Party to the Inter-American Convention on Int'l Commercial Arbitration

16 Y.B. Com. Arb. 419

1991

Houston Putnam Lowry

The United States Joins the Inter-American Convention

7 J. Int'l Arb. 83

1990

Jackson, Joseph Jr

The 1975 Inter-American Convention on Int'l Commercial Arbitration: Scope, Application and Problems

8 J. Int'l Arb. 91

1991

Jan van den Berg, Albert

L'arbitrage commercial en Amérique latine

Rev. Arb. 123

1979

Jan van den Berg, Albert

The New York Convention 1958 and the Panama Convention 1975: Redundancy or Compatibility?

5 Arb. Int'l 214

1989

Juenger, Friedrich K.

The Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to Int'l Contracts: Some Highlights and Comparisons

42 Am. J. Compar. L. 381

1994

Kalicki, Jean

ICSID Arbitration in the Americas

Arb. Rev. of the Americas 3

2007

Kalicki, Jean & Medeiros, Suzana

Investment Arbitration in Brazil, Revisiting Brazil's Traditional Reluctance Towards ICSID, BITs and Investor-State Arbitration

24 Arb Int'l 423

2008

Knox, Michael

Comment, Continuing Evolution of the Costa Rican Judiciary

32 Cal. W. Int'l L.J. 133

2001

Kossick, Jr, Robert M.

Litigation in the United States and Mexico: A Comparative Overview

31 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 23 (2000)

2000

Layton, Robert

Changing Attitudes Toward Dispute Resolution in Latin America

10 J. Int'l Arb. 123

1993

Leich, Marian Nash

The Inter-American Convention on Int'l Commercial Arbitration

75 Am. J. Int'l L. 982

1981

Manciaux, Sebastián

La Bolivia se retire du CIRDI

Revue de l'arbitrage 351

2007

Mantilla-Serrano, Fernando

Major Trends in Int'l Commercial Arbitration in Latin America

17 J. Int'l Arb. 139

2000

Marlowe, Christopher M.

Forum Non Conveniens Dismissals and the Adequate Alternative Forum Questions: Latin America

32 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 295

2000

Maruyama, Warren H. & Rosenberg, Charles B.

The Investment Chapter of the U.S.-Colombia FTA: New     Protections for U.S. Investors

11 J. World Trade & Investment

2010

Mason, Paul E. & Gomm-Santos, Mauricio

New Keys to Arbitration in Latin America

25 J. Int'l Arb. 31

2008

Mayer, Jeffrey J.

Recent Mexican Arbitration Reform: The Continued Influence of the "Pulicistas"

47 U. Miami L. Rev. 913

1993

Mogollón-Rojas, Ivor D.,

Venezuelan Supreme Restates ICSID Jurisdiction

10 Mealy's Int'l Arb Quar. L. Rev. 103

2009

Mogollón-Rojas, Ivor D.,

Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice Decided to Review ICSID Arbitral Award

10 Mealy's Int'l Arb Quar. L. Rev. 11

2009

Murphy Jr, Ewell E.

Access and Protection for Foreign Investment in Mexico under Mexico's New Foreign Investment Law and North American Free Trade Agreement

10 ICSID Rev. - For. Invest. L. J. 54

1995

Nattier, Frank E.

Int'l Commercial Arbitration in Latin America: Enforcement of Arbitral Agreements and Awards

21 Tex. Int'l L.J. 397

1996

Norberg, Charles Robert

Inter-American Commercial Arbitration - Unicorn or Beast of Burden?

5 Pace L. Rev. 607

1985

Norberg, Charles Robert

Int'l Arbitration and ADR in the Western Hemisphere

14 News & Notes from Inst. Transnat'l Arb. 3

2000

Onwuamaegbu, Ucheora

Using Treaties to Define the Rules of Procedure in Investor-State Arbitrations: The CAFTA Example

23 ICSID Rev. - For. Invest. L. J. 36

2008

Pérez-López, Jorge F. & Travieso-Díaz, Matías F.

The Contribution of BITs to Cuba's Foreign Investment Program

32 Law & Pol'y Int'l Bus. 529

2001

Pereznieto Castro, Leonel

Commercial Arbitration in Mexico

13 Fla. J. Int'l L. 2

2000

Pereznieto Castro, Leonel

Mediation in Mexico

10 Willamette J. Int'l L. & Disp. Resol. 117

2002

Samra, Harout,

Five Years Later: The CMS Award Placed in the Context of the Argentine Financial Crisis and the ICSID Arbitration Boom

38 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. Rev. 667

2007

Sandrino, Gloria L.

The NAFTA Investment Chapter and Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico: A Third World Perspective

27 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 259

1994

Schill, Stephan

Int'l Investment Law and the Host State's Power to Handle Economic Crises: Comment on the ICSID Decision in LG&E v. Argentina

24 J. Int'l Arb. 265

2007

Schultz, Erika P.

Latin American Commercial Arbitration: The Colombian Approach

9 World Arb. & Med. Rep. 295

1998

Schwansee Romano, Christina

The 1996 Brazilian Commercial Arbitration Law

5 Ann. Surv. Int'l & Comp. L. 27

1999

Seymour, Courtney N.

Comment, The NAFTA Metalclad Appeal - Subsequent Impact or Inconsequential Error?...Only Time Will Tell

34 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 189

2002

Shaw, Frank C.

Reconciling Two Legal Cultures in Privatizations and Large-Scale Capital Projects in Latin America

30 Law & Pol'y Int'l Bus. 147

1999

Siqueiros T, Eduardo

NAFTA Chapter 11 Arbitration: Recent Developments

17 New & Notes from the ITA 1

2003

Siqueiros, José Luis

Mexican Arbitration - The New Statute

30 Tex. Int'l L.J. 227

1995

Siqueiros, José Luis

The Changing American Attitudes Regarding the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: Mexico's Experience in Current Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Latin America 112 (Stanley T. Stairs ed. 1981)

William S Hein & Co

1981

Sprague, Michael T.

A Courageous Course for Latin America: Urging the Ratification of the ICSID

5 Hous. J. Int'l L. 157

1982

Taylor, J. Michael

Dispute Settlement Under the FTAA - An Apparent Melding of  WTO, NAFTA and MERCOSUR Approaches,

19 J. Int'l Arb. 393

Oct. 2002

Tollefson, Chris

Metalclad v. United Mexican States Revisited: Judicial Oversight of NAFTA's Chapter Eleven Investor-State Claim Process

11 Minn. J. Global Trade 183

2002

Treviño Balli, Margarita & Coale, David S.

Recent Reforms to Mexican Arbitration Law: Is Constitutionality Achievable

30 Tex. Intl L.J. 535

1995

Treviño, Julio C.

The New Mexican Legislation on Commercial Arbitration

11 J. Int'l Arb. 5

1994

Tschanz, Pierre-Yves & Vinuales, Jorge E.

Compensation for Non-expropriatory Breaches of International Investment Law-The Contribution of the Argentine Awards

26 J. Int'l Arb. 729

2009

Vargas, Jorge A.

Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards in Mexico

5 U.S. - Mex. L.J. 137

1997

Vega C., Gustavo & Winham, Gilbert R.

The Role of NAFTA Dispute Settlement in the Management of Canadian, Mexican, and U.S. Trade and Investment Relations,

28 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 651

2002

Vignoles, Christopher

The MERCOSUR Dispute Settlement System: A Possible Model for NAFTA?

Transborder Institute

2000

Wald, Arnoldo et al.

Some Controversial Aspects of the New Brazilian Arbitration Law

31 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 223

2000

Walk, Arnoldo & Kalicki, Jean

The Settlement of Disputes between the Public Administration and Private Companies by Arbitration under Brazilian Law

26 J. Int'l Arb. 557

2009

Warren, Collin G.

A Recent Summary of Int'l Commercial Arbitration:  The United States Versus Mexico and Canada?

10 Currents:  Int'l Trade L.J. 75

2001

Weiler, Todd

Metalclad v. Mexico: A Play in Three Parts

2 J. World Trade L. 685

2001

Weisweaver, Stephen T.

Int'l Trade: Partners, Politics, and Promises: An Analysis of the North American Free Trade Agreement's Arbitral Panel Decision Concerning the United States-Mexico Trucking Dispute 32 N.M. L. Rev. 471

2002

Wesley, Roger C.

The Procedural Malaise of Foreign Investment Disputes in Latin America: From Local Tribunals to Factfinding

7 Law & Pol'y Int'l Bus. 813

1975

 

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